Currents

 

Age, a slow current

through my body.

Blood, a slow stream

through my vessels.

Hope, a steady flow

through my soul.

Honey Creek, a dark ribbon

weaving through white winter woods. 

© 2022 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: 

Honey Creek - Seidman Park - Kent County - Michigan

Earth's Blood

Vermilion cliffs of sandstone
varnished with streaks
of earth's blood.

Ancient minerals
streaming down
at a rate of
inches per year.

© 2017 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Echo Ampitheater - Tierra Abiquiu, New Mexico 

Heaven's Door

Purity unfolds;
is revealed
as a curved white cross,
a shallow chalice;
petals streaked
with a drop of blood.

From the understory,
dogwood blossoms
reach for blue sky,
for life-giving sun,
before dense leaves
crowd the canopy.

Before the petals
descend
to the earth.

Before the knock
on Heaven's door
can be answered.

© 2017 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations: 

1. 2. 3. Ada Township - Kent County, Michigan

4. Vergennes Township - Kent County, Michigan